Is John McCain privy to some intelligence or strategy that would better our chances of capturing bin Laden? And if so, why hasn't he shared this information with the current administration?
Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media
Jumping off a series of clips of pundits and TV hosts mixing up the names Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden, Jon Stewart laid out the differences betwe...
McClatchy Newspapers | Carol Rosenberg | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Osama bin Laden's driver walked out of his terror trial Wednesday rather than watch prosecutors show a video of his first U.S. interrogation, in Afgha...
AP | MIKE MELIA | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A former driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on Sept. 11, a prosecutor sai...
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
The imagery on the cover of the New Yorker represents the quality of conversation on race and religion in this country: mixed messages, nothing decoded.
Andy Worthington | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
In 2003, when he was 16, Omar was visited by representatives of Special Investigations. The video shows Omar displaying his wounds, weeping uncontrollably and pulling at his hair in despair.
AP | JOHN HEILPRIN and PETER JAMES SPIELMANN | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
NEW YORK — Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his na...
Zia Mian | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
Attacking al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan will only serve to strengthen the perception that the United States is at war with Pakistan and inevitably inflict more civilian casualties.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
Hamza bin Laden, Osama's 16-year-old son, has posted a violent, terror poem on an extremist website to mark the anniversary of the July 7 London bombi...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
Somehow Obama thought it was a good idea to go along with these surrender monkeys on the 4th amendment. But aside from the politics, it's a pathetic acquiescence to the wishes of Al Qaeda.
Think Progress | Faiz | Posted 07.05.2008 | Business
In a 1998 interview, Osama bin Laden -- the terrorist organizer of 9/11 who still roams free -- listed as one of his many grievances against the U.S. ...
OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home
WHO: Susan Rice, Bruce Riedel WHAT: Press Conference Call to Discuss Growth of Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan WHEN: Monday, June 30th at 3:0...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media
Matt Lauer made the "Obama/Osama" slip that has plagued many a newscaster since Obama became a nationally-known figure. [WATCH] ...
Shoaib Harris | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
Unlike McCain, who keeps recycling President Bush's bravado of catching "Bin Laden dead or alive," Obama, to his credit, has articulated his Afghanistan strategy more clearly.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media
Here is a fact of life: If you are having a conversation with someone about Obama and Osama, there is a very good chance that someone will slip up somewhere. But honestly, it's really no big deal.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media
Today on MSNBC's "Hardball," which aired live at 5pm, Chris Matthews was joined by Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd for a discussion about Charlie Black...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
***UPDATE*** The Obama campaign has slammed John McCain's chief advisor, Charlie Black, for his comments that a terrorist attack on U.S. soil would c...
Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
Early this year, a religious radical calling himself Abu Hamza had a question for the deputy leader of al-Qaeda regarding the Egyptian secret police. ...
Richard Silverstein | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
In attempting to turn Obama into the typical bleeding heart Democrat on national security issues, McCain has painted himself into a very deep, dark corner.
Steve Benen | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
Now that it's time for the general election, and the right is desperate to smear Barack Obama, the GOP has rediscovered OBL.
AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he would bring Osama bin Laden to justice in a way that wouldn't allo...
AP | NEDRA PICKLER and BETH FOUHY | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A defiant Barack Obama said Tuesday he would take no lectures from Republicans on which candidate would keep the U.S. safer, a shar...
AP | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A lawyer for Osama bin Laden's former driver said Thursday he would try to stop the first scheduled war-crimes trial at ...
Andy Worthington | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
Nothing about Mohammed Hashim's story suggests that he should be standing trial in a court flagged up by the administration as required to prosecute "the worst of the worst."
Sharon Kelly | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
The global war on terror's "code red" rules allowed for torture while the myth of Guantanamo as a separate place led some to the incorrect assumption that those practices could be contained there.
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Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics